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Suture Needle at a glance
First Aid Medical
It weighs 0.1.
Weight0.1
Suture Needle
Suture Needle is a first aid item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Medical items treat wounds, pain and illness. The right order matters: clean a wound, treat it, then bandage it, and change dirty bandages.
More: Health and injuries.
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Item ID and variants
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.SutureNeedle | First Aid |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Suture Needle is on 9 loot tables in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgue Tools | Coroner's office (cupboard, cabinet, drawer); Morgue (cupboard) | 12% | 4 |
| Medical Clinic Tools | Clinic (cupboard); Dentist (cupboard, drawer); Kennels (cupboard, shelves); and 5 more places | 8.0% | 4 |
| Army Bunker Medical | Old medical (shelves) | 6.3% | 4 |
| Nurse Tools | Nurse (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 3.9% | 4 |
| Medical Storage Tools | Clinic (shelves); Dentist (shelves); Dentist storage (shelves); and 4 more places | 3.9% | 4 |
| Doctor Tools | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 3.2% | 4 |
| Safehouse Medical | Survivor safehouse (early) (cupboard, cabinet) | 3.0% | 4 |
| Safehouse Medical Mid | Survivor safehouse (late game) (cabinet); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (cupboard, cabinet) | 2.1% | 4 |
It is on 1 more table with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit, Private Militia.
Inside bags and cases: First Aid Kit, Trauma Bag, Medical Satchel, First Aid Kit - Military, Small Protective Case - Military and more.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Pack Items in Box.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Suture Needle weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Suture Needle?
Base.SutureNeedle.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.